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	Telepresence, video services key to keeping connected Sometimes it takes unfortunate events to truly value technology. The volcano in Iceland froze air travel in Europe during the past week, affecting people all over the world who wanted to get into or out of Europe. Several technologies helped. People used mobile phones to call colleagues and families; laptops with wireless Internet access to book hotel rooms, conduct desktop video conferences, or simply to work; and indeed, business suites to conduct immersive telepresence sessions. Read More ARTICLE: Fluke Networks Establish Fiber Testing Best Practices This quick-read series of white papers will give you the framework for implementing these best practices for fiber testing within your organization: - Fiber Inspection & Cleaning - Tier 1 Fiber Certification - Tier 2 Fiber Certification Download these 3 free white papers for free In this Issue Juniper attempts to lure new customers with the old switcheroo Q&A: Ball State University expands WiMAX testbed Alcatel-Lucent boosts broadband over copper to 300M bps How to: Speed up your home network Storage smackdown: Hard drives vs. SSDs Review: HP's StorageWorks IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class Net neutrality, Internet-based VPNs, and cloud computing WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Understand the Network Impact of 802.11n As performance and reliability increase with 802.11n, the WLAN becomes a viable alternative to the wired network for mission- critical applications. This paper outlines the drawbacks of centralized controller-based approaches and how they will provide unavoidable roadblocks when faced with the increases in bandwidth provided by 802.11n. Read More! Juniper attempts to lure new customers with the old switcheroo Juniper Networks announced a program to discount its EX Series branch office switches by about 60% for new customers trading in old gear from "legacy" suppliers. The offer isn't open to folks who already own Juniper switches, though it is to Juniper customers of other products, like security, that haven't yet tried its switches. Read More Q&A: Ball State University expands WiMAX testbed Ball State graduate student Ryan Lasure explains how the university is moving from being a vendor testing ground to becoming a WiMAX-connected campus. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks Network Rightsizing Best Practices Guide Network Rightsizing is an evolutionary approach to network design that significantly reduces costs while simultaneously increasing mobility for campus and enterprise users. This guide provides a methodology to enable IT to break away from the status quo of port-based network architectures, allowing an unprecedented reduction in cost and complexity. Read More! Alcatel-Lucent boosts broadband over copper to 300M bps Alcatel-Lucent has found a way to move data at 300M bps over two copper lines, the company said. However, so far it is only in a lab environment -- real products and services won't show up until next year. Read More How to: Speed up your home network Learn how to speed up wired and wireless networks, identify and manage bottlenecks and get everything running like clockwork. Read More WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center Storage smackdown: Hard drives vs. SSDs Solid state drives offer substantial benefits over traditional hard drives – they are faster, more reliable, use less energy and are quieter. Read More Review: HP's StorageWorks IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class HP's StorageWorks IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class: High performance, low latency. Read More Net neutrality, Internet-based VPNs, and cloud computing In the last newsletter, we began a discussion of the net neutrality ruling and the impact on the enterprise. And while we feel that we're far from a final call on the exact rules that we'll be playing by in this respect, there are certain areas that could be significantly impacted by the rulings. Read More
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